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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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      @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

      Solus
      https://solus-project.com/download/

      Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

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      • black3dynamiteB
        black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

        @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

        Solus
        https://solus-project.com/download/

        Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

        I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

        Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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          @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

          @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

          @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

          Solus
          https://solus-project.com/download/

          Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

          I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

          Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

          Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

          Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            https://ubuntubudgie.org/

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

              @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

              @scottalanmiller said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

              @black3dynamite said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

              Solus
              https://solus-project.com/download/

              Solus is nice but very, very niche as Tim says. It uses its own package system and isn't a part of either the Ubuntu or Fedora ecosystems meaning you can't get anything for it.

              I get that. But my main reason, which I should of mention first was because of the Desktop Environments especially with Pantheon and Budgie.

              Right now my 7 year old loves Elementary OS because of Pantheon. If that was available for Fedora that would be awesome.

              Budgie is available with several other systems. No need to use the Solus underpinnings.

              Pantheon is really nice too, but tied to Elementary. but Elementary uses Ubuntu, so your ecosystem isn't so limited.

              I forgot Ubuntu Budgie is available and using Copr, Budgie is available for Fedora.

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              • coliverC
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                I've got my father's ancient precision laptop running Zorin. Set it to auto update and I haven't had to do anything with it. He uses it in the garage to look at service manuals.

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates
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                  I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                  0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite @stacksofplates
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                    @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                    I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                    0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

                    Gnome 3 is definitely my favorite even without any tweaks.

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                    • zachary715Z
                      zachary715 @stacksofplates
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                      @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                      I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                      0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

                      That looks nice. Just updated my home laptop from Korora to Fedora and initially tried Gnome. I played with tweaking it a bit but really got annoyed with it and was taking more effort that I would have liked. I ended up resorting back to Cinnamon desktop as I like how it is setup default. May have to give it another shot though seeing how this desktop looks.

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @stacksofplates
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                        @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                        I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                        0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

                        I can't stand any distro that puts that bar at the bottom, shrinking your windows. Gnome 3.26 on Fedora is where it's at.

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates @Obsolesce
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                          @tim_g said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                          @stacksofplates said in 10 year old - Windows or Ubuntu?:

                          I think GNOME 3 looks really nice and can look nicer with some tweaking.

                          0_1514771918529_Screenshot from 2017-12-31 20-57-19.png

                          I can't stand any distro that puts that bar at the bottom, shrinking your windows. Gnome 3.26 on Fedora is where it's at.

                          That's my choice. By default the bar is only there when you hit the Windows button. This is with an extension called Dash to Dock and it's default is on the left side and hidden when a window is open.

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